Today was an amazing day spent exploring the West McDonnell Ranges. We decided late to leave our camp site at Glen Helen to have a look at the mountain ranges and gorges whilst venturing towards Alice Springs. Whilst we were packing up a local galah named Mr G ventured to our campsite. Mr G took a liking to Baz. He quickly climbed up his arm, sat on his shoulder and lay his head down flat for a pat. We realised quite quickly that Mr G didn't like either fema...

After discussing the various routes with fellow campers we decided to head to Alice Springs via the West McDonnell Ranges and visiting some of the gorges. The quickest way to undertake this trip was by tackling the Mereenie Loop. About 120kms of this route was an unsealed road. Although our van is a semi off road vehicle, we thought that as long as we took it easy we would be ok. 1 broken glass, 2 broken reflectors, some wire damage under the van, a few sto...

Happy 9th wedding anniversary Penelope. After a nice sleep in we tackled the rim walk around Kings Canyon. Although only 6kms this walk was much more difficult than the 10km Uluru walk. The initial part of the walk was the steep ascent up rock stairways to the top of the mountain. We then traced the rim (hence the name of the walk) around the canyon, descended down to visit the garden of eden before climbing back up for the remaining part of the rim walk....

Today was a medium drive from Uluru to Kings Canyon. We used our CB Radio for the first time on the trip. "Hey Darryl, it's BigRed behind you, if there is room to pass you ahead can you let me know". "No worries came the reply". The kids were excited. Arrived in Kings Canyon and were greeted by a wild dingo, no phone coverage, no internet and no TV reception. How would we watch the Bachelor?? We then managed to find Roaming Wifi - at the Outback Din...

Unfortunately all good things come to an end, so on our last day in Uluru we packed in as much as we could! Started off with a short Camel ride and visit to the Camel Farm. Then we went for a helicopter ride around Uluru. Was a bit nervous when our bus driver/pilot was telling us that he had just arrived in Uluru to get his hours up because no one else wanted to come to the outback. Great to see the rock from a different view (and land safely). After an earl...